Day 18 of 184

Saturday, February 3, 1968

Guam

0830 — Arrive Guam for Fuel and Mail. Saw Bill Given Aboard. USS Blanco County (LST 344). Went to E.M. Club and. Navy Exchange. 1800 — Depart Guam, Observed Russian Trawler off Guam Snooping on Military Movements in Area.

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Cruise Book — Pages 136-137USS Jouett (DLG-29) 1968 Cruise Book

USS JOUETT (DLG-29) 1968 CRUISE BOOK — PAGES 136-137


GUAM, MARIANAS ISLANDS


[Photo: USS JOUETT (DLG-29) moored at Guam, bow-on view with hull number 29 visible, dramatic tropical clouds and mountainous terrain of Guam in background]


SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS


After a brief refueling

stop at the Island of Guam,

JOUETT next moored at

Subic Bay. A familiar

sight was the old Spanish

Gate on the naval station.

A tour of the island of

Luzon was highlighted by

a trip down a mountain

stream in a dugout canoe.


[Photo: The old Spanish Gate at Subic Bay Naval Station, stone archway with weathered walls, sailor and vehicles visible near the entrance]


[Photo: Two shirtless sailors riding in a dugout canoe down a rocky mountain stream in Luzon, large boulders and tropical vegetation lining the banks]


DANANG, VIET NAM


A selected few of Jouett's officers attended briefings in

the embattled city of Danang before the ship took

station in the Gulf of Tonkin.


[Photo: Two Jouett officers in khaki uniforms standing in front of a large painted rock reading "BOOM-BOOM ROCK MONKEY MOUNTAIN VIETNAM" at Da Nang]

USS Jouett (DLG-29) 1968 WestPac Cruise Book — Ducy Family Archives

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